Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: For Aviation Fans
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:15:20 -0600
References: <98264be2-2087-3ec0-3486-66b377e2b4b4@lighttube.net> <309eb479-efe9-f188-fca1-25f537e8716f@iol.ie>

Douglas, I?m not sure anyone could pick out a shadow in that cluttered 
background.  I agree that it was a beautiful airplane, but it was, in my 
opinion, economically unsustainable.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 25, 2018, at 5:46 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Great shot of Concorde over the bridge, Jim, but pity he wasn't able to 
> catch its shadow on the ground. Of course, nowadays, seeing as it's CNN, 
> there'd be people shouting "Fake news!!" and complaining that it had been 
> photoshopped in because there's no shadow to be seen.
> 
> A wonderful plane, but living in Ireland, I only saw it taking off in 
> London and, another time, missed its landing in Paris as we had to board 
> another flight out. That time, I did see it taxiing past though. A friend 
> of mine flew on it and showed me his souvenir pen. I envied that pen.
> 
> Douglas
> 
>> On 25/11/2018 16:56, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I found this link this morning, and thought others might enjoy it. It's 
>> not new, so some may recall it from the past.
>> 
>> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/concorde-last-flight-photo/index.html
>> 
>> Enjoy the article, as well.
>> 
> 
> 
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